#PlaybyPlay: Kisner Leads Round One at the Open, Sagan Wins Stage 13 at Tour but Thomas Maintains Lead, #NFL Anthem Policy Suspended and AC Milan Ruled Back in the Europa League

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Kisner Leads Round One at the Open, Sagan Wins Stage 13 at Tour but Thomas Maintains Lead, NFL Anthem Policy Suspended and AC Milan Ruled Back in the Europa League

The Express reports that Kevin Kisner finished first, shooting five-under par with 66 in round one of The Open 2018 at Carnoustie. Erik van Rooyen, Tony Finau and Zander Lombard all trailed by one shot and Tiger Woods, who hasn't played the British Open since 2015, finished five shots behind.

Round two is still in play at press time, but so far Kevin Kisner holds on to the lead with Zach Johnson according to the leaderboard at The Open.

Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan has won stage 13 at the Tour de France, his third of this year's race, according to BBC Sport. Sagan edged out riders Alexander Kristoff of Norway and Frenchman Arnaud Demare.

"This stage was a piece of gold for us," said Sagan. "Everyone in the group recovered and I think everyone is happy it was a relaxed stage. I was a bit late, a little bit behind in the last 600m but I stayed on the wheel of Kristoff and I'm very happy to beat them."

British riders Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome of Team Sky still hold the number one and two positions overall, respectively.

The NFL's national anthem policy from May, which forbade players and staff from "taking a knee" while the Star-Spangled Banner was being played, is no longer in effect, according to the Washington Post. The decision is a result of dialogue between the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). The two released a joint statement which read:

"The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue. In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA's grievance and on the NFL's anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing."

The Court for Arbitration of Sport has ruled that AC Milan is back in the Europa League after having been banned for overspending, according to the Associated Press. The Court conceded that the Union of European Football Association (UEFA), who banned AC Milan, were right in judging that the seven-time European champion team had overspent, but that the punishment was "not proportionate".

Man United Expand Channel MUTV to Four New Networks, SKECHERS Announce Second Quarter Sales Record and WWE Declare Quarterly Dividend

Stocks discussed: (NYSE:MANU) (NYSE:SKX) (NYSE:WWE)

Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) has announced that MUTV, a subscription-based television channel owned and operated by the football club, will be expanding its network to four new platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku and Xbox.

SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX) has achieved a second quarter sales record with 2018. The company reports sales of $1.134 billion, an increase of 10.6 percent.

World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. According to a press release today, the record date for the dividend will be September 14, 2018 and the payment date will be September 25, 2018.

Sam Mowers, Investorideas.com

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